2015-25

Arizona State University
University Senate
Fall 2014

Senate Motion #2015-25

Motion Introduced by: Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee, Kathleen Puckett, Chair

Date of First Reading: November 3, 2014

Date of Second Reading: December 1, 2014

Title of Motion: Request from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering –School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment– for the establishment of a graduate degree – MSE in Sustainable Engineering

Action Requested: The Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee recommends University Senate approval of a proposal submitted by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering – School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment – for the establishment of a graduate degree – MSE in Sustainable Engineering

Rationale: The online Masters of Science in Engineering (MSE) in Sustainable Engineering is a multi-disciplinary graduate program offered by the School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment (SSEBE). The program is ideal for professionals and graduate level students with engineering and physical science backgrounds who wish to design a flexible, online, individualized Plan of study leading to the MSE. Courses cover such sustainable engineering topic areas as energy systems and alternative energy production, water, transportation, earth systems engineering, industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, environmental technologies, green construction practices, and sustainable technology systems. The goal of Sustainable Engineering (SE) is to enable long-lasting improvement of the human condition. SE transcends traditional engineering education by integrating considerations of complex social, environmental, political, and economic factors into engineering theory and practice in order to achieve more economically, technically, environmentally, institutionally and socially efficient and robust solutions.